Need help with Wordpress theme question

14 years ago

I actually had to do a little research on this, my blog was doing the extracts and I didn't want it to.

You need to go into your admin section, assuming your plug in is activated, you can check under settings and it should be listed there to adjust it. Also, under settings/writing there is a box that says post box lines, set it lower and that will result in extracts as well.

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Istvan Horvath

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Clint Butler

I actually had to do a little research on this, my blog was doing the extracts and I didn't want it to.

You need to go into your admin section, assuming your plug in is activated, you can check under settings and it should be listed there to adjust it. Also, under settings/writing there is a box that says post box lines, set it lower and that will result in extracts as well.

OK, it is excerpts - that's how you will find it in your admin panel, not extracts

Yes, there are themes using the_excerpt template tag in the index.php file - while others use the_content tag.

By default there is no plugin there that deals with this: if you have one, you installed it.

And no, changing the size of the text input area will NOT affect in any way what is displayed on your blog! That's wrong advice!

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Istvan Horvath

14 years ago

There are several ways to do that.

If you want a clickable "read more.." link - you must use the "More" button when writing a post. Insert it where you want to break the post.

In the monster Visual editor just hover every icon and you will find it.
(Hint: it's just before the ABC icon

)

The other solutions are for 'techies' who like to mess with the code...

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Sylviane

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath

There are several ways to do that.

If you want a clickable "read more.." link - you must use the "More" button when writing a post. Insert it where you want to break the post.

In the monster Visual editor just hover every icon and you will find it.
(Hint: it's just before the ABC icon

)

The other solutions are for 'techies' who like to mess with the code...

Thanks guys, but what is "monster Visual editor"? I have no idea

and what about the "More" button... what is that? Sorry, but I don't know what those are.

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JasonB

14 years ago

What WordPress theme are you using? I just might be able to help you with this.. I had the opposite problem...

My site was showing excerpts and I wanted it switched to show full posts...

Let me know

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Loren Woirhaye

14 years ago

The extracts only show on the top-level domain/subdomain where
your blog is hosted.

In the WP control panel there is a setting for how many posts to
show on the front page. It's in settings-reading.

You control the length of the excerpts with the <more> tag or
by creating some rule.

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Istvan Horvath 14 years ago
Originally Posted by Loren Woirhaye

The extracts only show on the top-level domain/subdomain where
your blog is hosted.

Sorry, that's not entirely true. Any so-called multipost view (e.g. monthly or category archives, search results) can be set to display only the excerpts.

Originally Posted by Loren Woirhaye

In the WP control panel there is a setting for how many posts to
show on the front page. It's in settings-reading.

While that's true... it has nothing to do with the OP question. You can have 1 post and only excerpt... and 45 posts and full text.

Originally Posted by Loren Woirhaye

You control the length of the excerpts with the <more> tag or
by creating some rule.

Yeah, that's one of the most common misconceptions around WP.

There are 3 ways to show not-full text posts.

They look similar but the underlaying techniques are different.

1. In the template file (index.php. archive.php etc.) you have
Code:

the_content
template tag. This, by default displays the whole post - unless during the writing process the blogger inserts the "More" tag in the text where s/he wants the break. Again, by default, it will display a clickable "read more..." link.

#1 is not really using what is called 'excerpts' in the WP documentation. You can insert the more tag anywhere... after one paragraph or after forty paragraphs.

2. In the template file(s) the coder is using
Code:

the_excerpt
and what this will display depends on what we do as bloggers:
2a. - the blogger does nothing and the tag display the first 55 words of the post;
2b. - if you filled out the Excerpt field in the Write Post subpanel... and it can be a completely different "teaser" text not even present in your post(!) - then the template tag will display your custom excerpts in the multipost view.

Plugins, custom functions in your theme's functions.php, custom Loops in template files can and do change this behaviour. But this is the basic how the WP engine works if you don't have any customization in your theme.

Hope this clarifies a bit the confusion
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- Sylviane 14 years ago
  
  LOL, I am still lost in this maze. So far I've tried some of you tips, but nothing happens or looks like what I am supposed to see.
  
  unless during the writing process the blogger inserts the "More" tag in the text where s/he wants the break. Again, by default, it will display a clickable "read more..." link.
  
  What about this here above... does it mean that all I have to do is write "More" where I want my text to stop? Is that all????? I am not understanding something? Please let me know. Thanks.
  
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Mohsin Rasool

14 years ago

Dear Sylviane,

In you index.php or home.php file in Theme folder, there is a text like this:

PHP Code:

<?php the_content(); ?>

Replace it with

PHP Code:

<?php the_excerpt(); ?>

To show the excerpts only.

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Dear GuruCreation,

You simple reverse the thing... replace:

PHP Code:

<?php the_excerpt(); ?>

with

PHP Code:

<?php the_content(); ?>

to show whole posts....

Let me know if you have any questions or confusions..

Regards,
Mohsin
Wordpress Expert

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Sylviane

14 years ago

Thanks guys for all your knowledgeable comments. I guess, if I can't do it after all this, I would be very dumb when it comes to the tech stuff

I'll let you know... let me go to work and try now

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Sylviane 14 years ago

EUREKA!!!!! It does work, thanks so much...this is all I had been wanting to do all along. Thanks warriors, you're the best... and the simpler the answer the more effective it was. Love that [more] button.
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Istvan Horvath

14 years ago

Don't try "some of my tips". Just learn to read carefully and try to follow what I said in my very first reply about the button that you are supposed to click.

DID YOU TRY THAT?

If I were you.. since that first reply I'd have clicked every freaking button above the text area to figure out what they do. It is that simple. You use a tool - you learn how to use it.

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Sylviane

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath

Don't try "some of my tips". Just learn to read carefully and try to follow what I said in my very first reply about the button that you are supposed to click.

DID YOU TRY THAT?

If I were you.. since that first reply I'd have clicked every freaking button above the text area to figure out what they do. It is that simple. You use a tool - you learn how to use it.

LOL, It's because I had not understood your answer the first time around... now I do

The [more] button is showing under the html page buttons. I do not see or find it under the visual page. Is that the one?

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Damien Roche

14 years ago

Seriously, have somebody look at it for you and have them tell you what the issue was. Will cost you far less time (and money).

Sometimes it's better to take the backseat with these things. How technical do you want to get? Unless the theme offers the option to switch, you have no choice but to go into the code.

Damien.

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Sylviane

14 years ago

Oh Gosh!!! Never mind I did find it now. So, I will now try it

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